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When Thoughts Turn Inwards

Artist: Henry Casselli, 1981

Media: Watercolor

 

Astronaut John Young reflects pensively as he suits up for launch on April 12, 1981. Casselli conveys a quiet, almost spiritual moment when the astronaut must mentally prepare for his mission.

 

This was the first time that the newly inaugurated space shuttle would carry humans, in this case the two-person crew of John Young and Robert Crippen.

 

Image Credit: Henry Casselli

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Courtesy: NASA Art Program

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Taken on April 12, 1981